- 1. When did the Vietnam War begin?
A) 1965
B) 1975
C) 1955
D) 1945
- 2. Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the war?
A) Pol Pot
B) Ho Chi Minh
C) Mao Zedong
D) Kim Il-sung
- 3. Which event escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
A) Gulf of Tonkin Incident
B) Tet Offensive
C) Paris Peace Accords
D) My Lai Massacre
- 4. Which U.S. president ordered a major escalation of troops in Vietnam?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard Nixon
- 5. Which country financially supported North Vietnam during the war?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) United Kingdom
D) Soviet Union
- 6. What was the counterinsurgency strategy implemented by the U.S. in Vietnam?
A) Operation Cedar Falls
B) Phoenix Program
C) Pacification Program
D) Strategic Hamlet Program
- 7. Which U.S. general commanded American forces in Vietnam?
A) Norman Schwarzkopf
B) George Patton
C) William Westmoreland
D) Douglas MacArthur
- 8. Where was the peace treaty signed that ended the Vietnam War?
A) Saigon
B) Geneva
C) Hanoi
D) Paris
- 9. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Ho Chi Minh
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) Henry Kissinger
- 10. Which city in Vietnam was formerly known as Saigon?
A) Hue
B) Da Nang
C) Ho Chi Minh City
D) Hanoi
- 11. What was the name of the military operations carried out by the US in Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
A) Operation Menu
B) Operation Rolling Thunder
C) Operation Linebacker
D) Operation Desert Storm
- 12. What was the code name for the bombing campaign against North Vietnam launched by the US in 1965?
A) Operation Menu
B) Operation Arc Light
C) Operation Linebacker
D) Operation Rolling Thunder
- 13. Which country controlled Vietnam as a colony before the Vietnam War?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Great Britain
D) Portugal
- 14. Which US president announced a policy of 'Vietnamization' in 1969?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Richard Nixon
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
- 15. Which Southeast Asian country withdrew its troops from Vietnam three years before the fall of Saigon in 1975?
A) Thailand
B) Malaysia
C) Laos
D) Indonesia
- 16. Which US senator played a key role in exposing the Watergate scandal during the Vietnam War era?
A) Sam Ervin
B) John McCain
C) Ted Kennedy
D) Barry Goldwater
- 17. Which US military operation captured the attention of the public due to the high civilian casualties in Vietnam?
A) Fall of Saigon
B) My Lai Massacre
C) Tet Offensive
D) Operation Hamburger Hill
- 18. Which South Vietnamese city was the last to fall to North Vietnamese forces in April 1975?
A) Saigon
B) Danang
C) Hue
D) Hanoi
- 19. What was the name of the agreement that divided Vietnam into North and South at the end of the First Indochina War in 1954?
A) Hanoi Agreement
B) Saigon Declaration
C) Paris Peace Accords
D) Geneva Accords
- 20. What was the duration of the Vietnam War?
A) 10 years
B) 25 years
C) 20 years
D) 15 years
- 21. What was the capital of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) Danang
B) Ho Chi Minh City
C) Hue
D) Hanoi
- 22. Which valuable resource was found in abundance in Vietnam and was a reason for French colonization?
A) Rubber
B) Gold
C) Oil
D) Diamonds
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